Ajax (0-0) - 7th December 2005

Very strange this evening...Arriving for the final Champions League Group Match in the knowledge that we had not only comfortably qualified BUT were also guaranteed topping the group! With Ajax also certain to finish second the game was like a pre-season friendly and a missed penalty and Ajax fans shouting abuse at RvP apart - it was a non-event. However, text messages were relaying the events in Benfica which provided the most entertainment of the night. Gone are the days (did they ever exist) when you supported the "other english" clubs in Europe and so it was with great glee that the Mancs loss in Portugal was received. They didn't even make the UEFA cup!